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![Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is pictured in a hearing on July 31. He is testifying on Wednesday alongside other top health officials in a Senate panel hearing.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/gettyimages-1227857187-11a9e90c0a4d202e9602d26bee4c23f08c5594b6-scaled-e1600888103593-900x422.jpg)
Public Health Leaders Vow Science, Not Politics, Will Guide COVID-19 Vaccine
By: Sam Gringlas | NPR
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A Senate hearing on the coronavirus pandemic follows the day after the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 200,000 people. The session is underway now.
![A worker boards up a business in downtown Louisville on Tuesday in anticipation of the results of a grand jury inquiry into the death of Breonna Taylor.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/gettyimages-1228653421-c090d34517c3461a1b739274a80e65d4c7aff224-scaled-e1600882890865-900x422.jpg)
Kentucky Grand Jury Indicts Former Officer Who Fatally Shot Breonna Taylor On Charges Of Wanton Endangerment
By: Rachel Treisman | Brakkton Booker | NPR
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The grand jury did not announce charges against the other two officers involved. Demonstrators have long called for the officers to face criminal charges.
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Conway The Machine: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
By: Abby O'Neill I NPR
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The Griselda MC takes over a Queens diner to perform a quarantine concert for Tiny Desk.
![Absentee voters can drop off their election ballots in this box on Court Street in uptown Athens.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ballot-box-2-scaled-e1600885689146-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Already Approaching Record Level Of Absentee Ballot Requests
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than twice as many absentee applications have been received from Ohio voters than at this point four years ago, when a record number… Read More
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Athens Co. Confirms 7 COVID-19 Cases For September 23
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 636 total cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after seven cases were confirmed Wednesday. The Athens City-County Health… Read More
![Former law clerks for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg stand on the steps of the Supreme Court as they await the arrival of the casket of Ginsburg on Wednesday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/gettyimages-1228667156-e4aeac35cbab4f2d0a8546bccc6b09c57c52ba05-scaled-e1600869833529-900x422.jpg)
Justice Ginsburg Honored At The Supreme Court
By: Alana Wise | Brian Naylor | NPR
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s casket is arriving at the Supreme Court, where her former law clerks line the steps. Watch the ceremony.
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Composer and career coach Garrett Hope discusses new work opportunities
Today’s guest has a broad career portfolio. Garrett Hope is a composer, an occasional music professor and a career coach. His podcast – The Portfolio Composer – helps composers and… Read More
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The Negativity Remedy
We are mixing things up a little bit for this episode of The Kindness Podcast. Nicole’s friend and fellow kindness advocate, Nathan Hofer from Lost & Found, has offered to… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine gives a coronavirus update from his home on August 20, 2020.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/mike_dewine_wide_with_camera_082020-e1598993226255-900x422.jpg)
Ohio Reports Lowest Number Of Daily Coronavirus Cases In Two Weeks
By: Leila Goldstein | WYSO
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WYSO) — The Ohio Department of Health reported 685 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest number of cases reported since Sept. 8. The state’s… Read More
![U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown on the left and U.S. Sen. Rob Portman on the right](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/brown_and_portman-e1600866065832-900x422.jpg)
US Senators Explain Their Changed Positions On Confirming A Supreme Court Nominee In 2016 And Now
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republican Ohio US Senator Rob Portman has been called a hypocrite in recent days for not doing what he called for in an op-ed back in… Read More
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WOUB Employee Spotlight: Student Professional Development and Production Services Manager Michael Rodriguez
Rodriguez has been working at WOUB for 20 years ATHENS, OH – This time of year is normally when WOUB Student Professional Development and Production Services Manager Michael Rodriguez feels… Read More
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Give to the WOUB Autumn Radio Pledge Drive THIS WEEKEND!
Drive will be conducted with minimal interruption to programming ATHENS, OH – There are many reasons people listen to and enjoy WOUB FM. For some, it’s the reliable news and… Read More